The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-29
lPUBLIc-No. 43.]
DAWES BILL.

An Act to provide for the allotment of lands
| in sevcralty to- Indians on the various re-
| serEatlonS, and to extend the protection OF
| the laws of the United States and the Terri
tories over the Indians, and for other pur-
| poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the
United States Of America in Con.
gress assembled, That in all cases
where any tribe or band of Indians
has been, or shall hereafter be,
located upon any reservation ere.
ated for their use, either by treaty
stipulation or by virtue of an act
of Congress or executive order set.
ting apart The same for their use,
the President of the United States
be, and he hereby is, authorized,
whenever in his opinion any reser.
Walton or any part thereof of such
Indians is advantageous for agri.
cultural and grazing purposes, to
cause said reservation, or any part
thereof, to be surveyed, or resur-
veyed if necessary, and to allot the
lands in said reservation in sever.
atty to any Indian located thereon
in quantities as follows:
TO each head Of family, one
quarter Of a section;
10 each single person over eight.
cen years Of age, one eight of a
section;
| To each orphan child under Is
years Of age, one-eig Of a section !;
and
To each other single person un-
der eighteen years now living, or
who may be born prior to the date
Of the order Of the President direct
ing an allotment Of the lands en-
braced i'll any. reservation, one
sixteenth of section: Provided,
That in case there is not sufficient
land in any Of said reservations to
allot lands to each individual of
the classes above named in quanti-
ties as above provided, the lands
embraced in such reservation or
reservations shall be allotted to
each individual of. each of said
classes pro rata in accordance with
the provision Of this act: And pro-
Wded further, That where the trea-
ty or act Of Congress setting apart
such reservation provides for the
allotment Of lands in severaly in
quantities in excess Of those here.
in provided, the President, in ma.
king allotments upon such reser
walton, shall allot the lands te
each individual Indian belong ine
thereon in quantity as specified il
such treaty or act: And provided
further, That when the lands al
lotted are only valuable for grazing
purposes, an additional allotnen,
Of such grazing lands, in quaint
ties as above provided, shall b.
made to each individual.
SEC. 2. That all allotments Sc
apart under the provisions of thi
act shall be selected by the Indians
heads Of families selecting for thei
minor children, and the agent
shall select for each orphan child
and in s'1ch manner as to embrac,
the improvements of the Indian
making the selection. Where tn
improvements of two or more In
dams have been made ON the sam,
subdivision of land. unless the,
shall otheowise agree, a provision
ional line may be run dividing saie
lands between them, and tn
amount to which each is entitled
shall be equalized in the assign
ment Of the remainder of the lane
to which they are entitled unde!
this act: Provided, That if any on,
entitled to an allotment shall fai
to make a. selection within fou5
|years after the President shall di
rect that allotnlents may be made
on a particular reservation, tn.
Secretary Of the Interior may di
rect the agent of such tribe OF
: band, If such there be, and if there
] be no agent, then a special agen1